Random links
- A hot drink cools you faster than a cold one – myth or reality?
- In part this seems to be true, but with a mentioned caveat: "drinking hot water triggered a sweat response that more than compensated for the heat of the drink. Cold drinks produced the opposite response, with a reduction in sweat cancelling out the cooling power of the drink."
- Locals faced with medieval tax to pay for castle renovations
- Apparently the Netherlands hasn't quite escaped from feudal times... "The owners of a medieval castle east of Utrecht are pressing ahead with plans to make dozens of locals pay towards the upkeep of the property – using a local tax dating back at least five centuries."
- Jet Skier Breaks Through JFK Airport's $100 Million Security System
- "Casillo's ... watercraft stalled. After calling for and receiving no help, he managed to swim towards the only thing he could see, the runway lights at JFK. Once he made it to land, Casillo climbed an eight-foot barbed-wire perimeter fence and walked undetected through the airport's Perimeter Intrusion Detection System and across two runways into Delta's terminal 3." The wetsuit seems as though it'd have given him away - would anyone have noticed otherwise?
- Engineering—The Smart Career Choice for People Who Love Psychology
- "Follow your passion. That’s become the mantra of today’s society. It’s also a potential pitfall. The issue is that people often have similar underlying passions. This means they flock to the same careers. And this means lots of competition—often for very low level jobs centered on our most elementary passions." A look at the job prospects for psychology majors vs. engineers. See also To Boost Post-College Prospects, Cut Humanities Departments in Forbes